Heitto

Heitto is a Finnish noun that denotes the act or result of throwing. It is used in everyday language and in sports terminology to refer to a throw of an object, such as a ball or a disc. The word derives from the verb heittää, meaning to throw, and the basic forms include heitto (nominative), heiton (genitive), and heittoa (partitive).

In sport and games, heitto describes the action of releasing or propelling an object toward a target or across a distance. It is a common term in many throw-based activities, such as long-distance throws, and appears in compound phrases that name specific throwing techniques or events. The word also appears in general descriptions of gameplay where players must throw an object back into play or toward a goal.

Grammatical notes: as a Finnish noun, heitto inflects for case; common forms include heittoa (partitive) and heiton (genitive). The related verb heittää is the source of the noun, and the concept can be extended to various contexts by combining it with other words to form new terms (for example, compound phrases describing different types of throws or distances).

Other uses: beyond sports, heitto can denote any act of throwing an object in nontechnical language. In some contexts, it may appear in metaphorical expressions to describe throwing something into a situation or project, though such uses are less common than the literal sense.

See also: heittää, heittojen, throw-in terminology in Finnish sports.